Current Versions list on our web site.

 

Affinity University is the go-to resource for online training on the legal software you and your team use every day. Focusing specifically on real world tips and tricks, our certified experts provide training on popular Practice Management, Time/Billing/Accounting, Document Management, Productivity Software and even Microsoft Office.  If you "attend" a live AU webinar, you can watch it again within 30 days of the original live date at no additional charge.  

 

Click here for the complete Affinity University Live Webinar Schedule.

 

In addition to our live AU classes, all classes are available "on-demand" for viewing individually as your schedule permits.  Starting this month, many of our most popular AU classes are available for on-demand viewing as part of discounted bundles (see our Feature article above).   

      

Special Notice to Local Bar Leaders and Members: Contact us to learn more about our local bar program.  Send an email to training@affinityconsulting.com.

 

April 4 - Affinity Partners Barron K. Henley, Esq., and Paul J. Unger, Esq., present I'm Buried in Paper - What Can I Do? for the Ohio State Bar Association in Columbus with live simulcasts to sites in Akron, Cleveland, and Perrysburg.

April 10 - Affinity Consultant Alex G. Macdonald, Esq., presents Dollars and Sense:  A Practical Approach to Billing and Accounting for the Ohio State Bar Association in Columbus with live simulcasts to sites in Akron, Cleveland, and Perrysburg.   

April 11 - Affinity Partner Debbie Foster speaks to the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) Suncoast Chapter meeting in Tampa on Step by Step Paperless.

April 17 - Affinity Partner Barron K. Henley, Esq., presents The Technology You Need to Start a Practice or Overhaul the One You Have for the Ohio State Bar Association in Columbus with live simulcasts to sites in Akron, Cleveland, and Perrysburg. 

April 20 - Affinity Partner Paul J. Unger, Esq., speaks on the Ethical Pitfalls of Daily Office Computing and Time, Task and E-mail Management for the Knoxville Bar Association's Law Practice Today Expo - 2012 in Knoxville, TN.

April 20 - Affinity Partner Barron K. Henley, Esq., presents the live webcast PDFing - A Lawyers Guide to Adobe Acrobat for the Oregon State Bar Association.

April 20 - Affinity Partner Barron K. Henley, Esq., presents the live webcast Law Office Paper Reduction and Document Management:  Strategies that Work for the Oregon State Bar Association.

 

Last year at this time I reviewed the then new Fujitsu S1100 scanner (read the full article here), which had become my weapon of choice for imaging on the road.

Well here we are over twelve months later, and my little sidekick is still purring through receipts, scribbled notes and client documents with nary a hiccup. I generally use it in conjunction with our in-house version of the Worldox Document Management System, so my images are saved from the ScanSnap directly to our client, administrative or personal folders thanks to the great integration between the two products.

 

I am usually away from my office when using the S1100, so Worldox will be running in its offline mode on my laptop, meaning that the images from my S1100 are spooled directly into the Worldox offline folder feature. Upon return to the office, Worldox will automatically confirm with me whether I want to upload all of my offline images into the firm's central Worldox document store at once - which is quite a time saver.

 

My S1100 has gobbled up thousands of pages of documents over the last year without complaint, and I have had absolutely no issues with it, whatsoever. It's been well worth that $199 price tag! 

A feature of the third-generation iPad released in March is voice dictation integrated into the operating system so that it works with the built-in apps as well as third-party apps.  To date, Apple has not updated the iPad 2 software to include this capability.  Until they do (if ever), all is not lost.  There are third-party dictation apps you can use with your iPad 2 to achieve some of the functionality of the new iPad's dictation feature.

Read the full article here.

At the recent Amicus Attorney annual Certified Consultants Conference in Toronto, Affinity Consulting Group was honored for top sales of Amicus Attorney software in 2011.  Amicus Attorney is the market leader in practice management software with tens of thousands of licenses sold to legal professionals in over 80 countries.

Congratulations to all of our Amicus Attorney Certified Consultants whose in-depth knowledge of Amicus software helps law firms meet their practice management needs.

Affinity Partner Steven J. Best, Esq., was one of 12 speakers selected by popular vote to speak at the inaugural LexThink.1 conference held in Chicago on March 28, the eve of ABA TECHSHOW 2012.  LexThink.1 was conceived as a way for each speaker to share one big idea about law practice in just 6 minutes - the proverbial .1 of an hour that is the smallest increment recorded on a lawyer's timesheet.  Steve's topic was "passion" and how it can help firms of all sizes and complexities better serve clients.

In addition to our expert consulting services in the area of law office software, Affinity Consulting Group offers a full range of Managed IT services.  Small and medium-sized law firms can rarely afford a full-time IT staff.  Let Affinity serve as your IT staff - we can manage your technology resources for you and correct any problems, often before you know anything is wrong.

 

For information on the many IT services we can offer your firm, contact your Affinity Consulting Group office.